jamato8
Headphoneus Supremus
with the amp having arrived, awaiting the balanced dac.
The amp has a voltage swing of 25.2 volts and takes single ended or balanced input for an output of balanced or single ended. It has a gain of 6db or 15db in balanced and starts at 0 in single ended. Size of both units is 82mm by 55mm by 25mm.
The balanced dac is the same size as the amp and takes USB, optical and coaxial input, putting out balanced only.
The balanced connectors used are the Japanese made Hirose HR10A-7P-6P for the male jack and the HR10A-7R-6S for the female balanced jack.
Price for the Toucan, $229.
Images from the iBasso web site.
The best optical cable I know of: http://www.sysconcept.ca/product_info.php?products_id=365